Movie Weekend Attendance Steady and Substantial

The Ender’s Game series of science fiction novels and short stories makes a big, successful jump to the giant screen as “Ender’s Game” the movie starring Harrison Ford and Asa Butterfield came in first its opening weekend taking in $28 million on 3,407 screens.

The Jackass series of movies continues with “Bad Grandpa.” It came in second this weekend with $20.5 million and has sold $62.1 million in two weeks, This proves there’s a market for tasteless.

The baby boomer buddy film with the all-star cast, “Last Vegas,” came in third taking in $16.5 million. The new animated movie “Free Birds” came in fourth with $16.2 million.

The exciting film on an emergency in outer space, “Gravity,” came in fifth with $13.1 million. “Gravity” has sold $291.2 million in five weeks domestically, For the balance of the results from the weekend box office, click on the link below.

Opening next weekend is the fantasy action film, “Thor: The Dark World.”